Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Healthcare Point Prevalence Survey

This study is a cross-sectional study using point prevalence surveys aims to define the frequency of consultation for a variety of acute clinical presentations/diagnoses and the frequency and type of antibiotic prescribing for these infections in primary healthcare facilities. 

Specifically, we will:

1. Quantify presentation rates of clinical infections of interest presenting to primary healthcare facilities

2. Quantify the proportion of those presenting with clinical infections of interest that receive an antibiotic prescription (and those that do not)

3. Of those who receive an antibiotic prescription, quantify the proportion of each antibiotic prescribed by AWaRe classification

This project also aims to explore the feasibility of using a tool such as this for surveillance of antibiotic use in the primary healthcare setting. These results aim to inform models of observed and expected prescribing in primary healthcare as part of the wider ADILA project.